After a fine morning washing the Range Rover, it became a rainy day with me watching the Ryder Cup Golf in which the US won as Bernhard Langer just failed to hole the final putt and the motor racing Grand Prix where Nigel Mansell won the race.
I did not call back Murray White over my letter to Sue Sutton but spoke to Michael and Derek about the FOCUS editions. Details are emerging of an American plan to drastically reduce the number of nuclear arms in their arsenal which they hope and expect will be matched by Soviet reductions
I had lots to do for the forthcoming FOCUS but I decided that I should attempt to keep up the physical exercise and so tended the chores and then washed the Range Rover. I had inadvertently left it out last night and, being very wet weather, it was at least wet enough to soften the mud and insects. It took all morning to get it washed and leathered and I tried using rubbing-down compound before car polish and thus managed to reduce the marks on the side of the vehicle caused by the Ropes Hill Dyke vegetation. I had started the day with a nice breakfast which Diana had grilled for the most part to make it less unhealthy. I then ended the morning with a nice Sunday Lunch of roast chicken which was again nicely done.
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This afternoon, I relaxed and watched a mammoth session of TV sport. First the motor racing Grand Prix where Nigel Mansell won the race, leaving Ayrton Senna in fourth or fifth place to get more points in the driver's championship. Then the last day of the Ryder Cup Golf which was very exciting and went right to the last putt of the last hole of the last match when Bernhard Langer just failed to hole the final putt so that the Americans won with the narrowest of margins. I had a call from Murray White today who wanted to see me urgently; presumably about my letter to Sue Sutton. I suppose he wants to patch things up but I will not really be in the mood for it. Later tonight, I spoke to Michael and Derek about the FOCUS stories and I think that I can now see a way to put the editions together.
It was raining for much of the day after being fine this morning. I lost the second of the baby white fantail doves and now they have both died as a result of being chased into the river by a black cat. Details are emerging of an American plan to reduce drastically the number of nuclear arms in their arsenal which they hope and expect will be matched by Soviet reductions. The world is now a different place and it seems more important to prevent the numerous weapons getting into the wrong hands in the absence of strong central government mechanisms.